Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Restaurants Laptop hell
Posted by Cliff Bostock @cliffbostock on Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 1:42 PM
Woo hoo, if it's madeleines and a device for writing, it must be time for Proustian reverie, even if the tea's been replaced with Starbucks' espresso macchiato and the madeleines taste like old pound cake. Anyway, this was my snack recently at Starbucks.
The Ansley location of Starbucks has become a laptopper's Olympic event. It is crowded so often, that I've all but lobbed my keys across the room to lay claim when someone exits a table. Picture 3 or 4 others doing the same thing or running to a table as soon as its occupant makes the most subtle move that might mean he's leaving.
I've typically defended the use of laptops in coffee shops -- even recently to Rich Sullivan of Dave FM, who reports on Facebook that the Colony Square Starbucks is literally peopled with the same round-the-clock laptoppers day after day. But now I know how he feels. I visited an independent shop and could not find a single seat because of the overwhelming number of laptoppers. I'm talking one or two laptops at every table. I did wonder, as our poster Kali has often suggested, how the shop makes any money.I turned on my heel and left, cupcake-less and green-tea-less.
Not that I'm going to stop writing at Starbucks, mind you. I just think everyone else should be more considerate until my nameplate is mounted on my favorite table there.
(Photo by Cliff Bostock)
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